(V. Ivanov) &emdash; Viacheslav Ivanov
1866-1949 has the poem "Cicadas" from which Bely borrows these
images: "blacksmiths" and "cicadas. The image that will follow of the
smoke filled library likely relates to the home of V.
Ivanov

waving wings Bely has an intriguing set of
drawings/paintings made in Berlin in 1913 and Arlesheim 1914 to
accompany his meditations in which arms extend into wings that
embrace and shelter one. I am grateful to Taja Gut for having shared
these unpublished materials with me.